Billboard and Vibe Magazine Top 50 Rappers of all time! #1 Jay-z #2 Kendrick #3 Nas

[JYoung24]

As long as they got #1 right, it's all good

They got that wrong

 

[JYoung24]

So factoring charting albums or singles is what places Jay and Ken at 1 & 2. We know Nas opts out of the paint by numbers single drops.

That means Nas at number 3 is mainly driven by his artistic offerings over his career which is what really matters amongst true artists.

Which makes him the goat

 

[Tony D'Amato]

No he didn't but I agree he shouldn't be number 2 either

On Pimp a butterfly, he was outshined. Jay Rock got him on Money Trees

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

I don't get this "Wayne is a auto top 5-10" rapper of all-time talk.

one of those things i ignore on this board along with the overrating of lloyd banks, lupe and the game

 

[JYoung24]

They got Number 1 right , Nas should be #2 though.

Nah Nas should be number 1 pac should be number 2

 

[JYoung24]

Love Biggie… and Pac but yeah Wayne at 3 is scfurare. Dudes the most influential rapper ever , best mixtape collection ever, very strong discography and about as
many classic verses as any emcee to ever exist.

fukk a hip hop purist, Wayne’s reign was dominant and longer than most… and anyone who truly loves the genre knows Weezy is an all timers, I hate those fans who think he’s trash but will dikkride any backpacker who got like 2-3 albums and are “underground real hip hop”

I'm not on those packpack shyt but Wayne is trash his album for the most part are trash too

 

[JYoung24]

Drake should be higher than Kendrick on that tbh

Hell no

 

[JYoung24]

Drake should be higher than Wayne for carrying his career these last 12 years

Drake has more hits than Wayne
Better catalog
Better features
Better books
More impact
Better contact
More culturally relevant

Drake has a worse catalogue and that's saying a lot cuz Wayne's catoluge is trash

 

[ILLMMORTAL]

CAC shyt AT ITS FINEST…..RedMan at 42…….GILLA HOUSE MUHFUCCA!

 

[JYoung24]

No he hasn't though

 

[JYoung24]

Like I said Gucci has more charted singles and gold and platinum certifications. I’ll post the numbers so you can see

Game
The documentary- 3 x platinum
Doctors advocate- Gold
LAX - Gold

Singles
How we do- Gold
Hate it or love it- gold
100- platinum
El Chappo- gold
All eyes- gold

Features
Switch lanes- gold


That’s 4 million in album sales and 3.5 million in single sales including features.

Gucci
Albums
State vs Radric Davis- Gold
Everybody Looking- Gold
East Atlanta Santa- Gold
Mr. Davis- Platinum
Evil Genius- Gold
So Icy Summer- Gold
So Icy Gang vol. 1- Gold

Singles
Wasted- Platinum
Spotlight- Platinum
Lemonade- Platinum
First day out the Feds- Gold
Back On Road- Gold
Champions- Platinum
Last Time- Gold
Both- 4x Platinum
Make Love- Gold
Tone It Done- Gold
I Get the bag- 6x platinum
Wake up in the sky- 5x platinum
Big booty- gold
Rumors- Gold
Curve- platinum
Met gala- platinum
Big boy diamonds- gold

Features
Break up- Platinum
Black Beatles- 7x platinum
Good drank- 2x platinum
Party- 2x platinum
Slippery- gold
Down- gold
Fetish- platinum
Bacc at it again- gold
Like that- 2x platinum
Muwop- gold
Ugly- gold


That’s 4 million in album sales and 38.5 million in single sales including features.

1 platinum and 6 gold albums

Four singles that’s sold 4 million or more, three singles that’s 2x platinum, 8 platinum, and 13 gold singles.

Gucci beats him. Impact and influence Gucci beats game. Longevity. Gucci beats game by their criteria

Game hasn’t really been as successful as people make him out to be since 2008. He hasn’t sold as much, no critical acclaim, and he hasn’t influenced anyone. The internet message boards makes him seem more successful than he actually is

Jeezus piece was gold too and documentary 2 sold hundreds of thousands of copies independently pre streaming era when going over 100k was equivalent to going gold or plaque Gucci was not doing that

 

[JYoung24]

On Pimp a butterfly, he was outshined. Jay Rock got him on Money Trees

Nah I don't think so

 

[Chip Skylark]

Jeezus piece was gold too and documentary 2 sold hundreds of thousands of copies independently pre streaming era when going over 100k was equivalent to going gold or plaque Gucci was not doing that

Where did you see Jesus Piece was gold? It’s not.

2013 was the year billboard changed and started adding YouTube and other streaming services into account. 2014 was the year Album equivalents were counted. Taylor swift and frozen were the only albums to go platinum that year cause of it. Documentary 2 dropped in 15 during the streaming era

Lol you’re making stuff up now but if I’m wrong drop a link

 

[Sad Bunny]

 

[Ol’Otis]

50. Rick Ross
49. Rev Run
48. Melle Mel
47. MC Lyte
46. Jadakiss
45. Ice-T
44. Queen Latifah
43. Bun B
42. Redman
41. E-40
40. Dr. Dre
39. Ludacris
38. Gucci Mane
37. Common
36. Mos Def
35. Future
34. Chuck D
33. Busta Rhymes
32. T.I
31. Lil Kim
30. Lauryn Hill
29. Pusha T
28. Black Thought
27. Q-Tip
26. Big Pun
25. Method Man
24. KRS-One
23. Kurtis Blowe
22. Ghostface Killah
21. DMX
20. Big Daddy Kane
19. Missy Elliot
18. Ice Cube
17. 50 Cent
16. Scarface
15. J Cole
14. LL Cool J
13. Rakim
12. Andre 3000
11. Kanye West
10. Nicki Minaj
9. Snoop Dogg
8. Drake
7. Lil Wayne
6. Biggie
5. Eminem
4. Tupac
3. Nas
2. Kendrick
1. Jay-z
They will release 10 every week with the Final 10 being released the week of Feb. 6. Celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop

CRITERIA
From there, the teams took into account the following criteria, not in any particular order: body of work/achievements (charted singles/albums, gold/platinum certifications), cultural impact/influence (how the artist’s work fostered the genre’s evolution), longevity (years at the mic), lyrics (storytelling skills) and flow (vocal prowess

Drake and Nicki do not deserve to be in the top 10
Ice Cube definitely should’ve been in the top 10